What sports are in the Commonwealth Games?
The Commonwealth Games sports programme consists of a minimum of ten sports, five of which are obligatory – athletics, aquatics – race swimming, lawn bowls, rugby 7s (Men), and netball (women). The host country selects other sports from an approved list of individual sports which are archery, badminton, billiards and snooker, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving (as part of aquatics), fencing, gymnastics, judo, rowing, shooting, squash, synchronised swimming (as part of aquatics), table tennis, tennis, ten pin bowling, triathlon, weightlifting, wrestling and sailing. Additional team sports can be added subject to the approval of the CGF through the General Assembly.The host country may, in addition, be required to include events for athletes with a disability (EAD) if the CGF in the General Assembly so decide. Note – For the first time in the Games history in Manchester in 2002, indeed at any multi-sport event in the world, a limited number of full medal events for elite athletes with a d
